Cloud Architect / Solution Design Engineer

GlobalFoundries • Richardson, CA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Cloud Architect / Solution Design Engineer is responsible for designing, architecting, and advancing cloud-based platforms and engineering solutions supporting GlobalFoundries' worldwide Design Engineering, Software Engineering, and R&D organizations. This role will serve as a technical leader for AWS cloud architecture, platform engineering, automation, container orchestration, and developer enablement services used by a global engineering community exceeding 5,000 users across North America, Europe, and Asia. The ideal candidate has extensive experience designing large-scale enterprise cloud environments, modern application platforms, DevOps ecosystems, CI/CD services, and cloud-native infrastructure supporting software development, EDA workloads, and engineering collaboration platforms. The Cloud Architect will partner with Design Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable, highly available, and automated solutions that accelerate product development and engineering productivity.

Requirements

• 10+ years of enterprise IT experience
• 5+ years designing large-scale AWS cloud solutions
• Experience supporting organizations with 5,000+ users
• Experience enabling global software engineering teams
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes and container platforms
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience
• Experience designing platforms rather than simply administering them
• Ability to translate business and engineering requirements into scalable reference architectures
• Experience operating in highly regulated and security-conscious environments
• BS, MS or PhD + 12 years of experience or other equitable years of experience
• AWS Platform Services: Amazon EKS, EC2, ECS/Fargate, S3, Route53, CloudFront, RDS, EFS, FSx, IAM, Lambda, Systems Manager, CloudWatch, Organizations, Control Tower
• Platform Engineering: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, GitOps, GitHub, GitLab, Perforce, Service Mesh
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible
• CI/CD & Developer Platforms: GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Cursor, Jenkins, Artifactory, JIRA, SonarQube, Backstage, HashiCorp Vault
• Programming & Automation: Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell, YAML, REST APIs
• Up to 10% Travel
• Fluency in English Language – written & verbal

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the Semiconductor industry
• Experience with Design Engineering organizations
• Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
• Experience with High Performance Computing (HPC)
• Experience with Software Product Development
• Experience with Cloud Engineering Platforms
• Experience with Large-scale R&D environments
• Experience with Global manufacturing organizations
• Project management skills - i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong planning & organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Designing, architecting, and advancing cloud-based platforms and engineering solutions.
• Serving as a technical leader for AWS cloud architecture, platform engineering, automation, container orchestration, and developer enablement services.
• Partnering with Design Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable, highly available, and automated solutions.
• Accelerating product development and engineering productivity.
• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.

Benefits

• The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.
• GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential.
• GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people.
• All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree